Summer Ag Institute brings West Texas agriculture to educators
By Shelby Shank Field Editor Texas teachers learned more about agriculture and how they can incorporate agriculture into their classrooms at this year’s second Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Summer Ag Institute in Lubbock. This was [...]
Pineywoods Cattle Congress set for April 17, San Augustine County
The Pineywoods Cattle Congress will be held April 17 in San Augustine County to address strategies on the new economics [...]
Proposal redefines ‘retail food establishment’
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a proposed rule that would relax registration requirements for some establishments, such as [...]
Trans-Pecos land use changes seminar set for April 30, Alpine
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service (AgriLife) will co-host the “Going, Going…Gone?: Changing Land Use in the Trans-Pecos and Its [...]
Final WOTUS rule sent for review
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has sent its Waters of the United States (WOTUS) final rule to the Office of [...]
Two fly control options for beef cattle
Economic losses in beef herds occur when horn fly numbers exceed 150 flies per animal. Therefore, it is necessary to [...]
Global food prices lowest in 5 years
Global food prices are the lowest in five years, reports The Des Moines Register. The United Nations (U.N.) Food and [...]
Vietnam rids age restrictions on U.S. beef imports
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF) recently announced that Vietnam has removed all [...]
Irrigation classes set for April, El Paso
Texas A&M School of Irrigation, in cooperation with El Paso Water Utilities and Texas A&M AgriLife Extension (AgriLife), will conduct [...]